- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 1, Rounds 7-8: Wheaties, 1915 - 6 Updates
- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 1, Rounds 9-10: not John, challenge of rivals - 1 Update
- Rotating Quiz #194, in General - 1 Update
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Aug 27 04:52PM +0200 On 2015-08-25 08:56, Mark Brader wrote: > So there were 8 decoys, which I have moved to the bottom of the handout. > Identify them if you like for fun, but for no points. > 11. Who is this? David Beckham > 100 years ago. > 1. March: This controversial film premiered, and set a box-office > record that may have stood for over 20 years. Name it. Chaplin's the Tramp ? > 3. October: This British nurse was executed by a German firing > squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium. Name her. Mata Hari? > 6. February: In which city did a World's Fair open? London? -- -- Björn |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 27 04:25PM -0700 On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 4:56:15 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. In 1934 this legendary New York Yankee, nicknamed "The Iron > Horse", became the first athlete to be pictured on a Wheaties > cereal box. Gehrig > 2. Known as Major League Baseball's "Iron Man", he holds the record > for the longest streak of consecutive games played at 2,632. Ripken > 3. This female American skier won 4 World Cup titles, and a gold > medal and a bronze medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic > Games. Vonn > 4. He has won two Olympic gold medals and 18 Winter X Games medals, > including 13 gold medals, for his snowboarding feats. Miller > on to play professional football and baseball, and in 1950, > he was named the greatest athlete of the half-century by the > Associated Press. Thorpe > the first black player to win singles championships at the French > Open (1956), Wimbledon (1957 and 1958), and the US Nationals > (also 1957 and 1958). Gibson > he won the Daytona 500 in 1998. His 7 NASCAR Winston Cup > championships tie him with Richard Petty for the most of > all time. Foyt? > Montreal. He then went on to become a television celebrity, > appearing in series and made-for-TV movies as well as on game > shows, talk shows, and reality shows. Jenner > 9. Nicknamed "Sweetness", he won a Super Bowl, was twice the NFL's > Most Valuable Player, and rushed for 16,726 yards in his career, > second only to Emmitt Smith. Dorset? > 10. A 5-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time all-star, he won > 11 NBA championships during 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics. Russell > record that may have stood for over 20 years. Name it. > 2. March: The Ottawa Senators lost the Stanley Cup in 3 straight > games -- to who? (Either the city or the team name will do.) Boston, New York > 3. October: This British nurse was executed by a German firing > squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium. Name her. > 4. December: Which world leader did Edith B. Galt marry? Wilson > of Canada. He was also the first president of the Canadian > Medical Association. Name him. > 6. February: In which city did a World's Fair open? Toronto, Vancouver > which he meant as derogatory since he himself was a leading > proponent of the steady-state theory. His SF novels include > "The Black Cloud" and "October the First Is Too Late". Hoyle, Clark cheers, calvin |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 28 02:27AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ErWdnT-GDK4SjEHInZ2dnUU7- > 1. In 1934 this legendary New York Yankee, nicknamed "The Iron > Horse", became the first athlete to be pictured on a Wheaties > cereal box. Babe Ruth > 2. Known as Major League Baseball's "Iron Man", he holds the record > for the longest streak of consecutive games played at 2,632. Cal Ripken, Jr. > 3. This female American skier won 4 World Cup titles, and a gold > medal and a bronze medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic > Games. Lindsay Vonn > 4. He has won two Olympic gold medals and 18 Winter X Games medals, > including 13 gold medals, for his snowboarding feats. Shaun Johnson > on to play professional football and baseball, and in 1950, > he was named the greatest athlete of the half-century by the > Associated Press. Jim Thorpe > the first black player to win singles championships at the French > Open (1956), Wimbledon (1957 and 1958), and the US Nationals > (also 1957 and 1958). Althea Gibson > he won the Daytona 500 in 1998. His 7 NASCAR Winston Cup > championships tie him with Richard Petty for the most of > all time. Dale Earnhardt > Montreal. He then went on to become a television celebrity, > appearing in series and made-for-TV movies as well as on game > shows, talk shows, and reality shows. Bruce Jenner > 9. Nicknamed "Sweetness", he won a Super Bowl, was twice the NFL's > Most Valuable Player, and rushed for 16,726 yards in his career, > second only to Emmitt Smith. Walter Payton > 10. A 5-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time all-star, he won > 11 NBA championships during 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics. Bill Russell > So there were 8 decoys, which I have moved to the bottom of the handout. > Identify them if you like for fun, but for no points. > 11. Who is this? David Beckham > 12. Who is this? Michael Jordan > 13. Who is this? Michael Phelps > 14. Who is this? Wayne Gretzky > 15. Who is this? Mary Lou Retton > 16. Who is this? Muhammad Ali > 17. Who is this? Dan Marino > 18. Who is this? Chris Evert > 100 years ago. > 1. March: This controversial film premiered, and set a box-office > record that may have stood for over 20 years. Name it. Birth of a Nation > 2. March: The Ottawa Senators lost the Stanley Cup in 3 straight > games -- to who? (Either the city or the team name will do.) Seattle > of Canada. He was also the first president of the Canadian > Medical Association. Name him. > 6. February: In which city did a World's Fair open? London > which he meant as derogatory since he himself was a leading > proponent of the steady-state theory. His SF novels include > "The Black Cloud" and "October the First Is Too Late". Pete |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 27 11:20PM -0500 Mark Brader: > shown on the Wheaties cereal box, and you name the athlete. > *Note*: I have rearranged the handout so that the questions > correspond to the first 10 pictures in order. In all cases, only the surname was required, because that's how it was done in the original game -- in which this was the third-easiest round, after current events and the audio round. For people who have changed their name, I'm accepting either name. > 1. In 1934 this legendary New York Yankee, nicknamed "The Iron > Horse", became the first athlete to be pictured on a Wheaties > cereal box. Lou Gehrig. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Calvin. > 2. Known as Major League Baseball's "Iron Man", he holds the record > for the longest streak of consecutive games played at 2,632. Cal Ripken Jr. 4 for Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Jason, Calvin, and Pete. > 3. This female American skier won 4 World Cup titles, and a gold > medal and a bronze medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic > Games. Lindsey Vonn. 4 for Peter, Erland, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Calvin, and Pete. > 4. He has won two Olympic gold medals and 18 Winter X Games medals, > including 13 gold medals, for his snowboarding feats. Shaun White. 4 for Bruce, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, and Dan Tilque. > on to play professional football and baseball, and in 1950, > he was named the greatest athlete of the half-century by the > Associated Press. Jim Thorpe. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Jason, Calvin, and Pete. The fact that Thorpe had been paid small amounts of money to play baseball in 1909 and 1910 did not come to light until 1913; it was the sort of thing that other "amateur" athletes at the time often got away with, but usually they played under a pseudonym and Thorpe naively had not. The IOC violated their own rules, which allowed a maximum of 30 days for protests, to throw the book at Thorpe 6 months after the games had ended. In 1982 they admitted this error and posthumously restored Thorpe's 1912 medals. But they still refused to readmit him to their record books, or to adjust the records to show the next-best finishers in the events as coming second. > the first black player to win singles championships at the French > Open (1956), Wimbledon (1957 and 1958), and the US Nationals > (also 1957 and 1958). Althea Gibson. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Calvin, and Pete. > he won the Daytona 500 in 1998. His 7 NASCAR Winston Cup > championships tie him with Richard Petty for the most of > all time. Dale Earnhardt Sr. 4 for Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Pete. > Montreal. He then went on to become a television celebrity, > appearing in series and made-for-TV movies as well as on game > shows, talk shows, and reality shows. Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Jason, Calvin, and Pete. > 9. Nicknamed "Sweetness", he won a Super Bowl, was twice the NFL's > Most Valuable Player, and rushed for 16,726 yards in his career, > second only to Emmitt Smith. Walter Payton. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Jason, and Pete. > 10. A 5-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time all-star, he won > 11 NBA championships during 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics. Bill Russell. 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete. > So there were 8 decoys, which I have moved to the bottom of the handout. > Identify them if you like for fun, but for no points. > 11. Who is this? David Beckham. Peter, Gareth, Björn, and Pete got this. > 12. Who is this? Michael Jordan. Bruce, Peter, Gareth, and Pete got this. > 13. Who is this? Michael Phelps. Peter, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete got this. > 14. Who is this? Wayne Gretzky. Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete got this. > 15. Who is this? Mary Lou Retton. Bruce, Stephen, and Pete got this. > 16. Who is this? Muhammad Ali. (Formerly Cassius Clay.) Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete got this. > 17. Who is this? Dan Marino. Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete got this. > 18. Who is this? Chris Evert. Bruce, Peter, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete got this. > 100 years ago. > 1. March: This controversial film premiered, and set a box-office > record that may have stood for over 20 years. Name it. "The Birth of a Nation". 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Pete. I changed the question to read "may have" because the box-office figures for movies that early are uncertain. > 2. March: The Ottawa Senators lost the Stanley Cup in 3 straight > games -- to who? (Either the city or the team name will do.) Vancouver Millionaires. 4 for Stephen. The NHL, of course, did not yet exist, and the winning team in any league could challenge for the Cup. The Senators, who would join the NHL when it formed, were then playing in the NHA; the Millionaires were a PCHA team. > 3. October: This British nurse was executed by a German firing > squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium. Name her. Edith Cavell. 4 for Stephen. This is named after her: http://img.mota.ru/upload/wallpapers/source/2011/08/10/09/05/27106/mota_ru_1081028.jpg > 4. December: Which world leader did Edith B. Galt marry? Woodrow Wilson. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, and Calvin. 3 for Gareth. > Father of Confederation; later he was the 6th prime minister > of Canada. He was also the first president of the Canadian > Medical Association. Name him. Charles Tupper. > 6. February: In which city did a World's Fair open? San Francisco. (The Panama-Pacific International Exposition.) 4 for Stephen. > 7. January: This American abstract expressionist painter was born. > He lived until 1991 and would have a solo exhibition at the > AGO in 2011. Robert Motherwell. > 8. March: This Canadian conductor, composer, violinist, and music > teacher was born. Today his sons Boris and Denis are also > noted musicians. (Last name will do.) Alexander Brott. 4 for Stephen. > for "Humboldt's Gift" and "Herzog", among many other works. > He is now the only writer to win the National Book Award for > Fiction three times. Saul Bellow. ("The Adventures of Augie March", "Herzog", "Mr. Sammler's Planet".) 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua. > which he meant as derogatory since he himself was a leading > proponent of the steady-state theory. His SF novels include > "The Black Cloud" and "October the First Is Too Late". Fred Hoyle. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Sci Lit Can Spo His FOUR Stephen Perry 36 40 28 12 36 32 144 Gareth Owen 24 36 24 0 36 7 120 Joshua Kreitzer 28 16 24 8 40 12 108 Dan Blum 8 32 32 4 12 16 92 Bruce Bowler 0 28 24 12 24 0 88 Peter Smyth 12 32 12 0 24 0 80 Dan Tilque 4 24 4 16 24 8 72 "Calvin" 20 12 12 0 28 7 72 Pete Gayde 12 8 0 8 32 4 60 Marc Dashevsky 16 32 8 0 -- -- 56 Jason Kreitzer -- -- -- -- 24 8 32 Björn Lundin 8 12 8 0 0 0 28 Erland Sommarskog 8 8 4 4 8 0 28 -- Mark Brader | "I thought it was a big joke. Toronto | Dr. Brader is known for joking around a lot." msb@vex.net | --Matthew McKnight My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Aug 28 01:35AM -0500 In article <ErWdnT-GDK4SjEHInZ2dnUU7-amdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. In 1934 this legendary New York Yankee, nicknamed "The Iron > Horse", became the first athlete to be pictured on a Wheaties > cereal box. Lou Gerhig > 2. Known as Major League Baseball's "Iron Man", he holds the record > for the longest streak of consecutive games played at 2,632. Cal Ripken > 3. This female American skier won 4 World Cup titles, and a gold > medal and a bronze medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic > Games. Lindsay Vonn > 4. He has won two Olympic gold medals and 18 Winter X Games medals, > including 13 gold medals, for his snowboarding feats. Shaun White > on to play professional football and baseball, and in 1950, > he was named the greatest athlete of the half-century by the > Associated Press. Jim Thorpe > the first black player to win singles championships at the French > Open (1956), Wimbledon (1957 and 1958), and the US Nationals > (also 1957 and 1958). Althea Gibson > Montreal. He then went on to become a television celebrity, > appearing in series and made-for-TV movies as well as on game > shows, talk shows, and reality shows. Bruce Jenner > 9. Nicknamed "Sweetness", he won a Super Bowl, was twice the NFL's > Most Valuable Player, and rushed for 16,726 yards in his career, > second only to Emmitt Smith. Walter Payton > 10. A 5-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time all-star, he won > 11 NBA championships during 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics. Bill Russell > 100 years ago. > 1. March: This controversial film premiered, and set a box-office > record that may have stood for over 20 years. Name it. Birth Of A Nation > for "Humboldt's Gift" and "Herzog", among many other works. > He is now the only writer to win the National Book Award for > Fiction three times. Saul Bellow > which he meant as derogatory since he himself was a leading > proponent of the steady-state theory. His SF novels include > "The Black Cloud" and "October the First Is Too Late". Fred Hoyle |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 28 03:35AM -0500 If Marc Dashevsky's answers had been posted on time, he would have scored 36 points on Round 7 and 12 on Round 8. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "[This book] is written in what I believed msb@vex.net | to be my native language." --Susan Stepney |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 27 11:22PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-04-20, and should be interpreted accordingly. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe, and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1, Round 9 - Entertainment - Movie Composers who are Not John Williams Yes, Virginia, there are other people who compose film music besides the ubiquitous Williams! In each case, name them. 1. This German-born composer is widely recognized as one of Hollywood's most innovative talents for integrating electronic music with traditional orchestra arrangements. His 150 films include "The Lion King", "Gladiator", and "Twelve Years a Slave". 2. This French composer has received 8 Academy Award nominations. He has worked on a variety of commercially successful films including "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "The King's Speech", and "Zero Dark Thirty". 3. This American composer and conductor had a very successful career spanning over 5 decades before his death in 2004. Memorable films include "The Ten Commandments", "The Magnificent Seven", "The Great Escape", and "To Kill a Mockingbird". Name him. 4. This Italian composer, pianist and conductor won his best original score Oscar for "The Godfather: Part II" in 1975. Two of the directors he worked most closely with were Franco Zeffirelli, for whom he scored "Romeo and Juliet", and Frederico Fellini, with whom he worked on "La Strada" in 1954. Name him. 5. This Canadian has composed scores for over 80 films, most notably "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, for which he won 3 Academy Awards. He has also been a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since 1979. Name him. 6. This American composer, record producer, and actor born in 1953 was also the lead singer for the band Oingo Boingo. He's worked in both television and movies. He created the title theme for "The Simpsons". While he has yet to win an Oscar, he did win a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture for Tim Burton's "Batman". He also provided the voice for Bonejangles, the skeleton in Burton's "Corpse Bride". Name him. 7. This American's score for "Titanic" is the best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. He has collaborated with a variety of directors, including Mel Gibson ("Braveheart") and Ron Howard ("A Beautiful Mind"). Name him. 8. This American composer and conductor is only one of 12 people to win the EGOT (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony). As well, he is only one of 10 people to win 3 or more Oscars in one night: in 1973, he took home statues for both "The Sting" and "The Way We Were". Name this talented musician who passed away in 2012. 9. While younger audiences might know him for his connection to the Woody Allen scandal, this composer has taken home 4 Academy Awards, two in the 1950s for "Gigi" and "Porgy and Bess" and two in the 1960s for "Irma la Douce" and "My Fair Lady". Name him. 10. In 1968 this American composer garnered much critical attention for his controversial soundtrack to "Planet of the Apes", which included having the French horn players reverse their mouthpieces as well as using stainless steel mixing bowls and Brazilian drums to produce ape imitations. Name this innovative composer, who also worked on "Chinatown", five "Star Trek" movies, and three "Rambo" movies. After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq "Oreafgrva", gur svefg anzr vf erdhverq. Cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl vg. * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Rivalries A. Sports Rivalries A1. These female tennis stars engaged in a 15-year rivalry, from 1973 to 1988. They played 80 matches against each other during that time, including 14 Grand Slam finals. Name *either*. A2. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought three times: Frazier won the first fight and Ali the other two. What name is their third fight known by? B. Rival Towns on TV B1. What is the name of Dog River's rival town on "Corner Gas"? B2. What is the name of Springfield's rival on "The Simpsons"? C. Rivalries in History C1. During the War of the Currents, Thomas Edison advocated direct current whereas this pioneer of the electrical industry advocated alternating current. The company he founded is now known as the CBS Corporation. Name him. C2. Name the third vice-president of the US, who shot and mortally wounded a former treasury secretary. D. National Rivalries D1. These two nations have fought each other in three major wars since achieving independence in 1947 -- in 1947, 1965, and 1971. There was also an unofficial war in 1999 as well as several border skirmishes. Name *either*. D2. Although politically there is no tension between the pair, these two nations have a heated soccer rivalry. They have combined for 7 World Cup victories and 22 Copa America victories. Name *either*. E. Toronto High-School Rivalries E1. These Toronto high schools, one located at 17 Broadway Av. and the other at 851 Mount Pleasant Rd., have a natural rivalry because of their size and close proximity. Name *either*. E2. Lakehurst Secondary School was the rival school of what fictional Toronto school? F. Literary Rivals F1. Name the Russian-born novelist who said: "As to Hemingway, I read him for the first time in the early 'forties, something about bells, balls and bulls, and loathed it." F2. Name the American-born novelist, essayist, journalist, and playwright who referred to John Updike in this way: "I can't stand him. Nobody will think to ask because I'm supposedly jealous, but I out-sell him. I'm more popular than he is, and I don't take him very seriously... oh, he comes on like the worker's son, like a modern-day D.H. Lawrence, but he's just another boring little middle-class boy hustling his way to the top if he can do it." -- Mark Brader "It's okay to have our own language if we feel Toronto we need it, but why does it have to be used msb@vex.net as a nose to look down?" -- Becky Slocombe My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 27 12:05PM -0500 You have about 23 hours remaining to enter RQ 194. Repeated for your easy reference... Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one. Unless otherwise specified, name the person or thing described. For people, the last name is sufficient. * General History 1. This man left France when it surrendered to Nazi Germany and founded what became the "Free French" army. In later years he had success as a politician. 2. Also in WW2, this man led the American forces at war with Japan. But his military career came to an abrupt end when he exceeded his authority in Korea. * General Science... and Science-Fiction 3. Albert Einstein developed the theory of relativity in two stages. His paper introduced "special relativity" was published in 1905, followed in 1915 by one on "general relativity". What was general about it? 4. In Larry Niven's "Known Space" series, a company owned by the Puppeteers produces spacecraft hulls that are almost invulnerable to damage. Name the company. * General Fiction 5. Give the *complete first line* of the song that contains the following lines: I'm very well acquainted too with matters mathematical, I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical, About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news -- With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. 6. This 1949 comedy starring Danny Kaye was based on a play by Nikolai Gogol. The premise of both versions is that a government agent is sent to check up on a small town whose mayor is corrupt, and the mayor and his associates hear about this try to placate the agent, but they guess wrong as to which person *is* the agent. * General Positions 7. In the US, Vivek Murthy succeeded Regina Benjamin in this position. 8. In Canada, David Johnston succeeded Michaëlle Jean in this position. * General Corporations 9. This company traces its origins to Thomas Edison, among others. Today it is a leading manufacturer of diesel locomotives and airplane jet engines, as well as other products more likely to be found in retail stores. 10. This company's brand names include Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Nature Valley, Progresso, Yoplait, and Häagen-Dazs. * General Ranks 11. This rank as it now exists in the US army was created in 1944 for <answer 2> and a few others. Currently nobody holds this rank. Give its official name. 12. This rank in the US army, four steps below <answer 11>, also fits the theme of this contest, but the corresponding rank in the British army does not. -- Mark Brader | "... a movement is already under way to declare December 7 Toronto | an annual legal holiday in commemoration of the opening of msb@vex.net | hostilities." -- Ring Lardner, New York Times, 1931 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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